War of 1812: Revenue Cutter Operations and the Core Coast Guard Missions

Abstract

Today, the United States Coast Guard supports nearly a dozen humanitarian, defense security and law enforcement missions. While the Coast Guard has adoptedmany of these missions over the course of its long history, several existed in the first twenty years of the revenue cutters service, when the fleet numbered less than twenty vessels. During the War of 1812, the revenue cutters protected American commerce and enforced trade legislation, but they also performed defense and combat missions that were essential to the war effort and adopted permanently after the conflict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1024313

Entities

People

  • William H. Thiesen

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Coast Guard
  • Congress
  • Delaware
  • Delaware Bay
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Military Personnel
  • Naval Vessels
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Security
  • South Carolina
  • United States

Readers

  • Economics
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies